I agree with Steve on this one. I have a bit of experience with Nokia's VRRP solution, and it works "as advertised"... ;) I definately recommend it, although you should keep in mind that it is NOT a load balancing solution, just HA. (There's a way to do a bit of load-balancing by configuring multiple virtual routers, but it's more like a workaround...)
As for SB (it provides both HA and LB), my experience is more limited, but the little I have interacted with SB support, I got the same feeling Steve did. Coincidence ? Maybe... Just my thoughts. James >From: Steve McNutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [FW-1] High Availability >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 23:32:05 -0400 > >Well, I suspect you will get a veritable flood of replies on this one :-) > >The two HA solutions with FW-1 that I have experience with are Stonebeat >Full cluster and the Nokia solution. > >The stonebeat setup I worked with used sun E250 enforcement servers with >gig E interfaces and a ultra 10 for a management server > >I've done numerous setups with nokia boxes using IP 330's and 440's with a >variety of interfaces. > >The stonbeat was a pain in the a$$, and product support seemed more >interested in deflecting blame and making excuses than working the >problems. I walked away with a bad taste in my mouth. > >The Nokia solution works beautifully. very easy to configure, maintain, >and administer. Only drawback is failover can take a couple of seconds. >If you require subsecond failover, it's not a good choice. > >I cannot comment on rainwall or other solutions, as I have not implemnented >and/or supported them. > >Have a good one. > > >Steven McNutt, CCIE #6495, CCSE #6224, MCSE >President >LightningCloud Technologies >bus: 904-241-0064 >cel: 904-386-3880 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Arvanitis, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 4:11 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [FW-1] High Availability > > >I am looking at a clustering or load balancing solution for my environment. > Does anybody have any suggestions on what I should look at? I am >presently looking at RainWall and Checkpoints High Availability module. > >Thanks >Steve > >================================================= >To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, >send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >in the BODY of the email add: >set fw-1-mailinglist nomail >================================================= >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, >please see the instructions at >http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html >================================================= >If you have any questions on how to change your >subscription options, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >================================================= _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ================================================= To set vacation, Out Of Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
